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Color postcard (14 x 8.5 cm.) with a view of a winter scene in Hanscom Park, 3201 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska. The view is of a lake that is wide at the front of the image and narrows and disappears toward the back. On the right and left are snow-covered banks and trees. The title Hanscom Park in Winter, Omaha, Nebr. is in the lower right and is preceded by the number 5274. The reverse is postmarked March 19, 1914 over a one cent postage stamp featuring George Washington in profile. The card is addressed to Miss Isabell Meadville, Hardy, Nebr., and includes a handwritten message.

One of Omaha's oldest parks is Hanscom Park. The 50-acre tract was donated to the city in 1872 by Andrew J. Hanscom and James Megeath. The park is located in what was then the extreme southwestern part of the city. It is currently bordered by avenues Woolworth on the north, Park on the east, Ed Creighton on the south and 32nd on the west. 1889 saw considerable changes to the park. Noted landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland introduced a more natural look. Park commissioners in 1898 stated that the park now boasted two lakes, a cascade, several flower beds, fountains, paved roads and mature trees. Source: Savage, James, History of the city of Omaha, Nebraska, Chicago: Munsell & Company, c1894, p. 437.